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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ayisha: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by vwvwv: [qb] [QUOTE]You do not follow Jesus, you follow PAUL. [/QUOTE]Fact: The core teachings of Christianity predated Paul’s conversion and his later writings. The key teachings of the Gospel (Jesus is the sinless Son of God; He died for our sins and rose again; we receive Him as Savior through repentance and faith) pre-date Paul. Paul taught these things, expounded on these things, and was used by God to write much of the New Testament. But the core of the Gospel was being widely spread [b]BEFORE[/b] even Paul was a believer. If Paul’s teachings contradicted those of the other disciples, the disciples that spent 3 years under Jesus’ tutelage, then surely they would have called him out. In fact, just the opposite occurred. The apostle Peter, who was one of Jesus’ closest companions and a recognized leader of the early church, had this to say about Paul in 2 Pet. 3:15-16: [i]“Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.  He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.”[/i] Take note of the fact that Paul is a “dear brother” and that his words are compared to “other Scriptures.” Peter is effectively endorsing Paul’s teachings, so the idea that Paul hijacked Christianity from the true followers of Jesus is refuted. We can be confident that the entire New Testament, including Paul’s writings, were inspired by one and the same God. [/qb][/QUOTE] http://www.toughquestionsanswered.org/2010/01/20/did-paul-invent-christianity-part-2/ [QUOTE]Originally posted by vwvwv: [QUOTE]:Originally posted by Ayisha: "If we could never pay the price on our own then are you saying God created man and gave him laws to uphold and one was to worship no other Gods but Him but all the time knowing man could never do what he was created to do? Bit of a disrespect for God and His powers of knowing everything about all His creation there and not much point in giving those laws of He knew they couldn't ever be upheld even with mankind as a group. Seems like God was playing cruel games"[/QUOTE]When parents have children they know that their kids will eventually act in sinful and even harmful ways. Yet, that doesn't stop them from having children. Why? First of all, it is worth the risk of their rebellion to bring them into the world. Second, the nature of love is to give and by having children the parents can better express their love. Third, just because the children will sin and rebel doesn't mean they shouldn't exist. Fourth, children have their own wills and can freely choose to rebel. Knowing this parents all over the world still have children. The greatest act of love is to sacrifice one's own life for another (John 15:13). In a very real sense, God has performed the greatest act of love in sacrificing Himself (Remember, Jesus is God in flesh - John 1:1,14). Since God is love and love sacrifices, God has now manifested the greatest love by dying for us. In this, God is glorified. But, without sin in the world, there would be no way to demonstrate the greatest act of love -- which is self-sacrifice. So, perhaps God allowed sin in the world so that He could demonstrate the greatest act of love. Furthermore, in this self-sacrifice God demonstrates the perfection of His holiness, the sinfulness of sin, the proof of God's righteousness, the victory over the evil one, and the guarantee of the saved with whom He can shed His love and glory forever. In this, God is glorified. We could come up with a variety of possible reasons why God made people knowing they would sin and we probably can never fully answer this. But, knowing that they would sin is no reason that God shouldn't make them, especially if His plan includes the acts of sinners so that others would be redeemed. [/QUOTE] http://carm.org/questions/skeptics-ask/if-god-knew-people-would-sin-why-did-he-make-them don't you EVER use your own brain or have a thought of your own? :rolleyes: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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